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ANT WAR - Copyright 1993 - Jeff Freeman - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
The object of the game is to bring seeds to the Queen ant(s). The Queen
may then create more ants, to bring more seeds, to make more ants, etc.
Above all else, your goal in this game is to create and maintain a
self-sufficient colony. Were it not for other players raiding your
colony, killing your ants and taking your seeds, this would be a simple
task. As it is, you must be especially defensive and terribly
aggressive if you hope to survive.
There are several different types of Ants.
The ARMY ant kills other players' ants.
The WORKER can dig tunnels very quickly and can carry a few seeds.
The HARVESTER cannot dig very well, but can carry many seeds at a time.
The PLANTER cannot dig well or carry many seeds, but can turn seeds into
plants. These plants then produce more seeds in a day or so.
The BUILDER can create walls which other ants cannot dig through. This
is good for defending your colony's food supply.
The BOMBER is a strange mutation that is actually capable of exploding.
This can not only kill a lot of ants, but knock holes in walls created
by BUILDERs as well. Note that a single explosion may only wound some
ants and will only weaken walls.
The SCANNER can help map-out the underworld terrain - as well as keep an
eye on the borders of your colony to ensure enemies aren't approaching.
The COLLAPSER can EXPLODE, just like the BOMBER, but the resulting blast
will only cause tunnels and caverns (which other ants have dug) to
collapse, this will not otherwise harm ants in the blast radius.
The QUEEN ant makes more ants. The more seeds the Queen has, the more
ants she can make. You may even have more than one Queen ant (in the
registered version), in effect allowing you to establish several
colonies. Other ants can give seeds to a Queen by DROPing the seeds
onto the Queen ant.
If you lose all of your Queen ants then you are removed from the game
for several days - so defend the Queen!
Mind that your ants' hunger level doesn't become too high - ants must
eat at least once every five days. Ants will eat seeds they are
carrying before they starve to death, but if a hungry ant has no seeds,
it'll die.
Queen ANTS can only move 5 squares per day. It is important to HATCH
other ants (such as Harvester's and Builders) in order to get more seeds
to the Queen.